Key Events

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An elderly man has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Epsom town centre on Thursday morning.The collision, which involved a blue VW Golf, happened at around 10.15am on the A24 Ashley Road, just outside the Metro Bank.

Surrey Police confirmed the man was taken to hospital suffering from serious injuries.

Ashley Road was expected to remained closed until 1.30pm with police officers and other emergency services carrying out investigations.

The incident led to delays on all road approaches to the town centre and tweets from Surrey Police advised motorists to avoid the area while the closure was in place.

Heavily congested in town centre

This is map of what traffic is looking like currently in the town centre.

As you can see, there is an awful lot of red.

Roads affected include:

Ashley Road

Church Street

Temple Road

Upper High Street

Waterloo road

11:54KEY EVENT

Elderly man suffers serious injuries after being hit by car

An elderly man has sustained serious injuries after being hit by a car this morning.

The collision happened at around 10.15am in Ashley Road, Epsom just outside the Metro Bank and involved a blue VW Golf.

The man has been taken to hospital.Ashley Road is currently closed to traffic while officers and other emergency services deal with the collision and there is a build-up of traffic in the area as a result. The closure is likely to be in place for several hours. Anyone who witnessed the collision, or has any further information, is asked to contact Surrey Police on 101 quoting incident reference P16292537.

11:46

Pictures of Ashley Road cordoned off

Here are some more pictures from the scene

11:41

'Lot of commotion'

A staff worker at Lester Bowden located on the High Street said:

It’s still cornered off, police are out there looking at the scene.

There was a lot of commotion when it happened but I didn’t see anything.”

11:38

Northbound High Street remains open

Investigations are being carried out on Ashley Road and Southbound High Street. The Northbound High Street is still open but expect delays.

11:35

'Thoughts and prayers' being sent out to those involved

Jane Race has taken to Twitter to send her thoughts and prayers to those involved in the crash. We will provide you an update on their medical condition as soon as we know it.

11:34

Road closed to traffic for several hours

Surrey Police has said the road will be closed to traffic for several hours

11:33

'I heard a thud and a scream'

Timpson Manager, Darren Edwards told Get Surrey he heard a “thud and a scream” at around 10.15am this morning.

He said:

I heard a thud and a sc ream. I was in the shop serving customers when it happened.

I went outside and there was a lady crying and she was ringing the ambulance.

There were a lot of people gathered around someone on the floor.

The whole area has been closed off and I haven’t managed to get outside since.

There are lots of police cordons in place.

It wasn’t the most pleasant thing to see, so I am in shock.

I think the person has been taken away by an ambulance, it seems quite serious.”

11:28

Epsom road closed after pedestrian hit by car

Hello everyone we are running a live blog following a collision on the A24 Ashley Road in Epsom this morning.

The collision involved a pedestrian and a car just after the High Street near Timpson locksmiths.

The accident has had an impact on neighbouring roads around the town while emergency services deal with incident.

Surrey Police have advised people to avoid the area as there are delays on all approaches into Epsom town centre.